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(skrimp)

transitive verb

to make too small, short, etc.; skimp
to treat stingily; stint

Origin: prob. < Scand, as in Swed skrympa, to shrink, akin to OE scrimman, Ger schrumpfen < IE base *(s)kremb-, to turn, twist, shrink

intransitive verb

to be sparing and frugal; try to make ends meet; economize

adjective

curtailed; scanty

Related Forms:

scrimper noun

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verb scrimped, scrimp·ing, scrimps

verb, intransitive

To economize severely.

verb, transitive

To be excessively sparing with or of.
To cut or make too small or scanty.

Origin:

Origin: Perhaps of Scandinavian origin

Origin: ; akin to Swedish skrympa, to shrink

Related Forms:

scrimpˈer noun

scrimpˈi·ness noun

scrimpˈy adjective

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